Fake currency gang nabbed

DERABAD: Task Force sleuths arrested four members of a counterfeit currency gang and seized a counterfeit currency from their possession on Wednesday. The accused Ali Shaik, 31, Mohammed Javeed, 34, of Mallepally, Mohammed Raheem, 24, of Ziyaguda and Mohammed Salman, 20, belong to Golconda.Acting on a specific alert, West Zone Task Force sleuths nabbed the accused while they were trying to exchange Rs 50,000 counterfeit currency near Motidarwaja in Golconda on Wednesday. During the interrogation, Ali said that he procured the fake currency from one Sai Kiran a year ago. The accused along with the seized material were handed over to Golconda police for further interrogation.